This all started back in October when I did not execute the rope climb properly. I placed the rope across the top of my right foot, then stepped hard with my left foot so that I could reach high on the rope to start the climb. That action a few times caused me to get a stress fracture on the top of my foot.
I didn't even realize it right away. I knew if felt a little odd when I ran, but it wasn't until I was running the Marine Corps Marathon at the end of October that I realized something was wrong. My foot hurt really bad during the walk breaks and not as bad when running. I took a break and ran off and on and it hurt every time I ran, and mostly after I ran.
But the next couple of events were walking a half marathon and the Honolulu Marathon with my Mom so I made it through those events just fine.
Then, I tried a couple of runs before Goofy and they didn't go well at all. I took a lot of ibuprofren before the Disney Half Marathon and made it through that one just fine. I did the same for the full marathon but the discomfort started setting in around mile 15 and by mile 18 and I was in complete pain. I've never had a run that felt that bad.
So, I was at the doctors office on Tuesday and sure enough, stress fracture to the 2nd metatarsal on my right foot. I had to wear a boot for 2 solid weeks, only taking it off to bathe and sleep.
I thought that I'd be right back in action after getting the boot off, but that only caused my muscles and tendons to tighten up and I've had to make a very slow and steady recovery.
The recovery has taken a LOT longer than I expected, but it is finally getting substantially better and I expect to be 100% within the next 30 days. That's been a full 90 days of recovery, starting back to low impact activity on March 1 and slowly building the jogging distance from 1 block to the 1 mile I am at right now.
In the meantime, I've been focusing on CrossFit and Wii. I've been doing Wii Fit Plus and Dance Dance Revolution - even that hurt my foot a lot! So I've had to really take it slow.
WiiLMA on the Balance Board
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